LEARNING:
Assessment
Deerfield High School
EXPLORING ASSESSMENT
Introduction:
During the 1999-2000 school year, the DHS Learning Plan Committee helped to identify assessment as a main interest of the DHS faculty. The Staff Development Committee joined with the building administrators to address this interest in assessment while piloting a new partnership in instructional leadership. During second semester of the 1999-2000 year, this group experimented with strategies and discussed the best way to move forward with assessment on a building scale for the 2000-20001 school year.
Goals for combined Staff Development/Building Administrators’ Committee:
Description:
We began our year with two late start days on September 27 and 28. The first day was divided into two parts. First, we met in our departments and asked individuals to answer the following questions:
Do our personal assessment practices align with what we want students to know and be able to do?
What is our current definition of assessment?
What would I like to learn?
Part Two of our first day was an interdepartmental discussion of Guiding Principle #2, specifically Learner-centered Principle #14 (see home page). Faculty appreciated the time to hear different perspectives of the different departments and anticipates future opportunities to meet interdepartmentally.
As the school year progresses, Learning Teams within departments may choose to investigate specific areas of interests such as portfolios, journals, etc. Curricular groups may also form to examine how to enhance assessment practices within a specific course.
All groups are being encouraged to include an element of reflection in their work in order to monitor personal growth in their understanding of assessment.
Future staff development opportunities:
| October 17
October 18 November 3 November 22 February 8 March 6 April 10 April 11 |
˝ day in-service at Highland Park High School Department meetings Late start day District in-service Late start day Late start day Department meetings with Highland Park High School Department meetings |
Members of combined Staff Development/Building Administrators’ Committee:
| Principal: | Jon Crawford |
| Assistant Principals: | Merle Monroe Jim Swanson Tom Leonard |
| Deans: |
Ellen Grindel |
| Applied Arts/Fine Arts: |
Andrea Johnson |
| Athletic Director: | JoAnn Heindel |
| English: |
Suzan Hebson |
| Foreign Language: |
Lou Ann Erikson |
| Counseling: |
Patrick Moorhead |
| Librarian: |
Kathy Wolff |
| Mathematics: |
Marv Doubet |
| Multi-media Specialist: | Charlotte Titcomb |
| Physical Education/ Traffic Safety: | Jamie Harrington Bob Zima |
| Science/Health: |
Al Fleming |
| Social Studies: |
John Heerman |
| Special Education: | Ken Williams Kevin Marsh |
| Student Activities Director: | Heather McKenna |
| Technology: |
Andy Zakszeski |
If you have questions or suggestions, please contact:
Elaine Winer, Staff Development Committee Chairperson at ewiner@d113.lake.k12.il.us
this page last updated 03/16/01
